Suresh Angadi

Suresh Angadi (born 1 June 1955) is an Indian politician who is the current Minister of Railways of India (minister of state) and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He is a Member of the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2019) and 17th Lok Sabha from Belagavi.

Suresh Angadi
Minister of Railways (state)
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Piyush Goyal
Preceded by	Manoj Sinha
Chairperson of Parliament House Committee
In office 19 July 2016 – 25 May 2019
Preceded by	Arunram Meghwal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2004
Preceded by	Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil
Constituency	Belgaum
President, Bharatiya Janta Party, Belgaum
In office 2001–2004
Executive Member, Chamber of Commerce, Belgaum
In office 2000–2004
Vice-President, Bharatiya Janta Party, Belgaum
In office 1996–1999
Personal details
Born	Suresh Angadi (1955-06-01) 1 June 1955 K. K. Koppa, Belgaum, Karnataka
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Mangal Angadi (m. 1986)
Children	2 (daughters)
Mother	Somawwa Angadi
Father	Chanabasappa Angadi
Residence	Present: 3, South Avenue Lane, New Delhi Permanent: "Spoorthi" Sampige Road, Vishweshwarayya Nagar, Belgaum, Karnataka
Alma mater	Educated at S.S.S. Samiti College of Commerce, Belgaum, Karnataka R.L. Law College, Belgaum, Karnataka

He was born to Somawwa and Chanabasappa Angadi, he is married and he is having 2 daughters. He is from KK Koppa a village in Belgaum district and Belgaum Taluka. He completed his graduation from S.S.S. Samithi College of commerce in Belgaum. Later he also graduated in Law from the prestigious Raja Lakhamgouda Law College, Belgaum.

A member of Bharatiya Janata Party, he became the vice president of the party's Belgaum district unit in 1996. He continued in that office till 1999. In 2001 he was nominated as the president of the district unit and continued to hold that post until he was nominated as the party's candidate for the Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency in 2004. He defeated his opponent of the Indian National Congress by a large margin and became a Member of the 14th Lok Sabha. He was re-elected to a second term as Member of Parliament in the 2009 General Elections. He was elected for a third consecutive term in 2014.